System Atlas

Lead generation → product or service design → suppliers and partners → production or delivery

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
14
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    work
  4. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Market and positioning
79%
11
Governance and decision rights
71%
10
Pricing
64%
9
Regulatory compliance
64%
9
Strategy and goals
50%
7
Policies and culture
36%
5
Security and access
36%
5
Contracts
29%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
21%
3
Performance and pay
21%
3
Licences and registrations
21%
3
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Licences and registrations2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Product or service design2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Pricing2 findings
    Tacit rule 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Market and positioning1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product57%
  • subscription21%
  • asset7%
  • marketplace7%
Size
  • 1000+ people21%
  • 201-500 people21%
  • 11-50 people7%
Region
  • United States43%
  • China14%
  • France7%
  • India7%
  • New Zealand7%
  • Northern California, United States7%
Instances
The 14 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.